Books By Hand, PH Neutral PVA Adhesive, Acid-free, Water-Soluble, Dries Clear, Archival Quality PVA Formula, for Bookbinding, Book Repair, Framing, Collages, Paper Art and Crafts - 8 Ounce

This glue is great. I needed to pad some 3x5 index cards (use to buy these already padded but can't find them any place any more) and this glue is just the ticket. Worked great and I had pads of index cards in no time.

A few months back I watched some videos on how to make your own sketchbooks with the perfect binding method. They stressed the importance of getting the right bookbinding glue but I thought I knew better since I had some white PVA glue already on hand. It was Weldwood which is a really good glue. I made 5 different size books but all the pages started falling out. I just lived with it and added some piece of tape to hold my sketches in. It looked terrible. I figured I would just buy premade sketchbooks in the future. Then, I finally decided to purchase special bookbinding glue like I had learned about. I took apart my books and removed the tape. I re-glued each with the Books By Hand PVA glue. What a difference! It dries super flexible yet it is strong. All my handmade sketchbooks now are fixed and work great. I highly recommend this glue for any bookbinding project or repair. Now I can continue to make my own sketchbooks and save money by doing it. Great product and well worth it.

I've used this glue for years in my junk journal making. I have found it works great paper to paper...and cloth to paper. I use i to reinforce washi tape. I have purchased small bottles with a needle applicator for precise gluing. I live in Minnesota and do not recommend ordering this in the winter; if it freezes the glue is ruined.

This glue has been keeping my Bible in tack for over four (4) years now. I use my Bible every day, and it gets worn out a lot. For over four (4) years now, I have been glueing this Bible to keep it from falling apart. A lot of times, ~ 50 pages will separate from the Binder, and start falling out of the book. When I am done reading for the morning, I just glue the pages back in place, close the book, and put some other heavy books on top of it to put some good weight on it. The next morning, it's back together again, solid like new, ready for more good reading. God bless this glue...thanks for selling it!By the way, I read some other reviews that had concerns about it drying out over time. I am not a heavy user of this product. I still have plenty of glue remaining in this bottle, and I have had it for over 4 years now. The glue has never dried out on me. I have not had to repurchase this glue in this 4-year time frame. I just keep the cap on it, and it stays fluent. I never even need to use a nail to puncture the glue at the top of the bottle, like I do with all of the Caulking products out there. So no worries...just keep the cap on, store it in a heated and air-conditioned space, and you will be able to use this glue forever.

I have used bookbinding compound in my classroom to create student sketch books. This stuff works pretty well. I've used a different brand in the past, Lineco Pad Compound, and there are definitely some differences in the two...The Lineco brand is more expensive, but it works a little better. It goes on smoothly. Books by Hand dries quickly and leaves a messier, gummy finish. With the Lineco brand, I had fewer loose pages in the end. I could also leave it out in little containers all day and it wouldn't dry out by the time the next class came in. For 100 8x10 sketchbooks with about 40 pages, I only used about 1/4 of a bottle this size in the Lineco brand and about 1/2 of this bottle. So, a little of this stuff goes a long way!

Great product. I used it to make an "end of the year" gift for my child's teacher (a giant book filled with students' quotes and several one dollar bills) and it worked perfectly. The teacher will be able to tear out the money and keep the quotes in the book forever. It was easy to use and was not messy at all (which I was concerned about). It was way better to use this than to use rubber cement b/c it is less messy and it just looks better when it dries. A little goes a long ways too so this bottle will last a long time. I did make the mistake of cutting the top (mine came with a pointy top unlike the one pictured here) down too low so please pay attention to that. I ended up buying another plastic bottle to store it in so it doesn't dry up. That was my mistake though and not the fault of the company that made it. As I said, this is a great product to bind books that you or your children make. I would also use it to repair old books that are falling apart.

My youngest isn't always the gentlest with her books which results in torn pages, torn spines, and torn pop out sections. This PVA glues is awesome because it's easy to spread, does a good job soaking into the paper, dries flexible, and has great adhesion. The minor gripe I had is that the nozzle does typically end up with dried glue in it that has to be removed, but that's actually fairly easy so it's not a big deal. I'd highly recommend this stuff if you need flexible adhesive or adhesive specifically for binding books together.

I am absolutely amazed! I was looking to repair my personal Bible of over 14 years. The binding was shot and pages were coming apart. The nearest book repair shop was over an hour away. Plus, I could not be without my Bible for the many days it would take to send/receive back from the repairer. Out of desperation, I gave this glue a shot to try to fix it myself.The glue looks like the old fashion Elmer's glue we used to use in elementary school, so I was skeptical. BUT, it bound my Bible together and held very well. The glue dried very sturdily and you would never know it was rebounded with this glue if not told.Additionally, I tried it on another paperback book since the glue worked so well on my Bible. I had another prayer book that had fallen TOTALLY apart. I used this glue, and it also is like new.I would DEFINITELY recommend this product and would by it again myself.